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In a video that aired Tuesday night during BET's Hip Hop Awards, rapper Eminem performed a freestyle feature, slamming Trump for his response to the deadly violence and protests in Charlottesville and his comments on NFL players kneeling during the national anthem. Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers, even took on Trump for his escalating feud with North Korea, calling the president "a kamikaze that'll probably cause a nuclear holocaust."

The rapper raised his fist in the air to show solidarity with former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who was the first player to protest during the national anthem last year. Kaepernick responded to the gesture on Twitter.

Alongside the presidential election that year (President George W. Bush v. John Kerry), the music network held a mock convention for Eminem complete with sketches, speeches and songs. And, yes, an introduction from Donald Trump, the man appointed Eminem's "Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Cash."

"I know a winner when I see one," Trump said in the special to a raucous audience. "And Donald Trump is telling you right now, Slim Shady is a winner. He's got brains, he's got guts, and he's got Donald Trump's vote. Ladies and gentlemen, our great candidate, Slim Shady!"

But after Slim Shady attacked now-President Trump, fellow artists took to Twitter to praise the defiant rap: